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'I get quite irritable when Africa is referred to as a country ...'
via ted.com
I've also been irritated by this for years. People so easily use the word Africa to signify one place, one idea. After all this time that idea is still the homogenous heart of darkness. In this talk at TED, Chimamanda Adichie touches on this (at about 05:40) but it is framed within her bigger idea of the 'single story': we can all fall into the trap of viewing things, places, people, ideas, in this singular, one-dimentional way. It's limiting, unimaginative, and encourages us to emphasise differences, rather than notice similarities.
The online TED Talks is an amazing resource. From culture to science to arts to technology, it's an inspiring melting pot of cross-disciplinary ideas. I urge you to subscribe to their RSS or iTunes feed without delay.
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I kind of didn't want to post this, but then I did
Not only is it a real "hair hat", but it's possibly the most repulsive television I've seen for a while. Enjoy.
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'How quickly the world owes him something he knew existed only 10 seconds ago'
via youtube.com
This video has been around a few times. I think I posted it before, some time last year, when it went viral for a while. Now it seems to be back for another round of chuckles and 'aint-it-trues'. Which isn't a bad idea; it's the kind of thing all good technophiles should watch every six months or so.
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